Improved fabric for the manufacture of enameled collars, cuffs



' UNITED: STATES PATENT 1 OFFICE.

HENRY c; GIBSON, 50F QAMDEN, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVED FABRIC FOR THE MANUFACTURE or ENAMELED coLL B's, CUFFS,.&0.

Specincauionforming part of Letters Patent No- 43AS9, dated July 12,1864.

,To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY G; Gllsom'ot the city of (Jamdemin thecou'ntytof Camden.

and, State'of New J ersey,'lrave invented anew combination of materialdesigned for andrto; I he used in the manufacture ofge tlenien sr andladies"enameled'textile collars' ainl wrist hands, and I do herehideclare that the following isa full and exact description thereof,

The natureo'f my invention consists in the preparation of cotton orlinen c10th,or its equivalent, to heuse'd as a substitute for steel orother metal in the manufacture of shirt-c01 latrs and'wristbands andladies collars, cuffs, To enable others to make use of my inven, tion,-[herewith submit the mode of preparation and the articles used. 'Theprocess eonsistsin hniting together, by

meansof cemehtor water-proof paste, two or more layersof cotton or linencloth, or its equivalent, by spreading the cement on each layerseparately, then pressing them together by passing them throughironrollers. The material thus united is dried, afterward'cut, into thedesired shapes, when. thin coatings of white paint is applied with abrush. This paint is mixed in the ordinary wayusin g spirits ofturpentine, or its equivalent, in place'of I linseed oil. Aftera'sufficient quantity of paintiorvenarnel has been applied a smoothsurface is obtained hy'rub'bing with pumicestone.

' Thecornponentpartsof the-cemel ii'or water-proof paste areas follows:'Wheat'flour, twelve. ounces; white, 'glue,jfour ounces; rosin, twoounces; watentwolquarts, or' sufficient to incorporate the whole byboiling into a thin paste or cement. 1 The novelty of my intentionconsistsjn the use of cloth thus and similarly prepared in themanufactureofgentlemensenaineled shirtcollars and wristbands and ladiescollars and ends, &c.,'as a substitute for steel .orbtherf metal.

Idonot claim the invention of enameled shirt-collars, &c.

nor the com position composing the enamel or paint used; vbut .What; Ido claim, and wish to secure hy I4etters Patent,'is- I The materialsubstantially-asset forth, and

its exclusive use in the'manufacture of enam-' eled shirt-collars andsimilar-articlesof dress,

' HENRY-CLGLBSOQL; Witnesses:

N. G. BURCH, D. W. PEABODY.

